Mrs. O'Shane's 11th Grade English Honors Lessons for week of Jan 26, 2015
Monday: Great Gatsby Chapter 1-2 Tuesday: Great Gatsby Wednesday: Great Gatsby Ch 3: NY Times ArticleFacebook Thursday: Great Gatsby Ch 4 Friday: Great Gatsby Ch 5: Work on Gallery Walks Resource
Feb 2: GG Ch 6 Feb 3 GG Ch 7 Feb 4 GG Ch 8 Feb 5 GG Ch 9 Feb 6 GG Review
Feb 9 GG Test Feb 10 GG Movie Feb 11 GG Movie Feb 12 GG Movie Feb 13 Gallery Walk Due/ Valentine's Day
Feb 16 No School Feb 17 Of Mice and Men Feb 18 Of Mice and Men Feb 19 Of Mice and Men Feb 20 Of Mice and Men
Angela's Ashes Web Activity
All answers must be written in complete sentences. Answer the questions completely.
See attached blank map of Ireland. Using Link 1 draw in the Limerick, Northern Ireland, River Shannon, Dublin, and Lough Neagh
Link 2
Answer the following questions about the Irish flag
1. In the Irish flag, what color is placed nearest the flagpole?
2. What color represents the native people of Ireland?
3. What color represents the British who settled in Northern Ireland in the 1700's?
4. What does the color in the middle of the flag represent? 5. When was this flag first used? ___
Link 3 Visit the Limerick of Angela’s Ashes and tour the streets Frank grew up on. Look at the pictures found on the links to: Roden Street, First Jobs, City Center. As a whole, how would you describe the area? Use adjectives in your creative description)
Link 4 What is the IRA? What is the Old IRA?
What was the Easter Rising of 1919?
Was it a success or not? Why was it important?
Links 5 & 6 Frank’s father is always singing Kevin Barry and Roddy McCorley songs.
Who was Kevin Barry? Give two sentences. Listen to the song.
Links 7 & 8
Who was Roddy McCorley? Give two sentences. Listen to the song.
Why do you think Malachy sings about these two?
Link 9 Pictures make events seem more real. Look at some of the war propaganda and photographs from the era of the Old IRA and the struggle with the British.
Link 10 The Black and Tans were an important aspect of Post-War Ireland. What function did they serve?
Malachy also tells Frank Cuchulain stories. Watch the clip at Link 11 and tell how Setanta became Cuchulain.
Link 12 Malachy hangs a portrait of Pope Leo XIII and claiming he was a great friend to the working man. Read about the principle of subsidiarity as outlined by Pope Leo XIII.
Summarize the pricipal of subsidiarity in a sentence or two. Do you think it was a good idea. Why or why not?
Link 13 Frank is named after St Francis of Assisi. St. Francis was the patron saint of what? Do you think this fits Frank’s personality? Why or why not? Give specific evidence.
This course includes a thematic approach to American Literature and Non Fiction. The themes that we cover include the following: Non-Conformity, American Dream, and the Human Spirit.
Lessons for week of Jan 26, 2015
Monday: Great Gatsby Chapter 1-2
Tuesday: Great Gatsby
Wednesday: Great Gatsby Ch 3: NY Times Article Facebook
Thursday: Great Gatsby Ch 4
Friday: Great Gatsby Ch 5: Work on Gallery Walks Resource
Feb 2: GG Ch 6
Feb 3 GG Ch 7
Feb 4 GG Ch 8
Feb 5 GG Ch 9
Feb 6 GG Review
Feb 9 GG Test
Feb 10 GG Movie
Feb 11 GG Movie
Feb 12 GG Movie
Feb 13 Gallery Walk Due/ Valentine's Day
Feb 16 No School
Feb 17 Of Mice and Men
Feb 18 Of Mice and Men
Feb 19 Of Mice and Men
Feb 20 Of Mice and Men
Angela's Ashes Web Activity
All answers must be written in complete sentences. Answer the questions completely.
See attached blank map of Ireland. Using Link 1 draw in the Limerick, Northern Ireland, River Shannon, Dublin, and Lough Neagh
Link 2
Answer the following questions about the Irish flag
1. In the Irish flag, what color is placed nearest the flagpole?
2. What color represents the native people of Ireland?
3. What color represents the British who settled in Northern Ireland in the 1700's?
4. What does the color in the middle of the flag represent?
5. When was this flag first used? ___
Link 3
Visit the Limerick of Angela’s Ashes and tour the streets Frank grew up on. Look at the pictures found on the links to: Roden Street, First Jobs, City Center. As a whole, how would you describe the area? Use adjectives in your creative description)
Link 4
What is the IRA? What is the Old IRA?
What was the Easter Rising of 1919?
Was it a success or not? Why was it important?
Links 5 & 6
Frank’s father is always singing Kevin Barry and Roddy McCorley songs.
Who was Kevin Barry? Give two sentences. Listen to the song.
Links 7 & 8
Who was Roddy McCorley? Give two sentences. Listen to the song.
Why do you think Malachy sings about these two?
Link 9
Pictures make events seem more real. Look at some of the war propaganda and photographs from the era of the Old IRA and the struggle with the British.
Link 10
The Black and Tans were an important aspect of Post-War Ireland. What function did they serve?
Malachy also tells Frank Cuchulain stories. Watch the clip at Link 11 and tell how Setanta became Cuchulain.
Link 12
Malachy hangs a portrait of Pope Leo XIII and claiming he was a great friend to the working man. Read about the principle of subsidiarity as outlined by Pope Leo XIII.
Summarize the pricipal of subsidiarity in a sentence or two. Do you think it was a good idea. Why or why not?
Link 13
Frank is named after St Francis of Assisi. St. Francis was the patron saint of what? Do you think this fits Frank’s personality? Why or why not? Give specific evidence.
Web Activity Links
Angela’s Ashes Web-Quest
Link 1 Map
Map
Link 2 Irish Flag
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/europe/ireland/flag.shtml
Link 3 Tour of Limerick
http://homepages.iol.ie/~avondoyl/angelas1.htm
Link 4 IRA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Republican_Army
Link 5 Kevin Barry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Barry
Link 6 Music
Link 7 Roddy McCorley
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddy_McCorley
Link 8 Music
Link 9 Photos and Propaganda
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/easterrising/gallery/index.shtml
Link 10 Black and Tans
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/black_and_tans.htm
Link 11 CuCuhulain
How Setanta became Cuchulain
http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/myths_legends/northern_ireland/ni_7/video_1.shtml
Link 12 Catholic Social Teaching
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiarity#Catholic_social_teaching<br />|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiarity#Catholic_social_teaching]]
Link 13 St. Francis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi
This course includes a thematic approach to American Literature and Non Fiction. The themes that we cover include the following: Non-Conformity, American Dream, and the Human Spirit.
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